Marina Hendricks
Associate Professor; Graduate Program Coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication
Biography
Dr. Marina Hendricks teaches Public Relations Writing, Introduction to the Master of Mass Communication, Integrated Marketing Communication and Cross-Platform Storytelling. Her research focuses on youth journalism, student journalists and issues in journalism. In a previous life, she was communications director at the Newspaper Association of America (now News Media Alliance). A West Virginia native, she served as the founding editor of the FlipSide teen journalism program at The Charleston Gazette and also worked for an advertising and public relations agency.
Education
- Ph.D. in journalism | University of Missouri-Columbia
- M.A. in journalism and mass communication | Kent State University
- B.A. in journalism | Marshall University
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
- Online education
- Journalism
- Public relations
- Social media
Academic Responsibilities
- Graduate coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication
- Faculty adviser, SDSU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America
- Coordinator, South Dakota High School Press Association
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - Scholastic Journalism Division Head, 2021-2023
- Journalism Education Association - State Director/South Dakota
- Public Relations Society of America
- Online News Association
- International Communication Association
Work Experience
- Director of communications/senior manager of communications, Newspaper Association of America, Arlington, Virginia
- Manager, Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
- Editor/special projects editor, Newspaper Association of America/NAA Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
- Adjunct instructor, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia
- FlipSide editor, Reporter and Special Projects Coordinator, The Charleston Gazette/Charleston Newspapers, Charleston, West Virginia
- Accounts coordinator, Perry Productions, Charleston, West Virginia
Research and Scholarly Work
Areas of Research
- Youth journalism
- Student journalists
- Issues in journalism
Awards and Honors
- 2024 David Adams Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year Award - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
- 2024 Top Faculty Paper (co-author) - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
- 2024 Certified Journalism Educator (renewal) - Journalism Education Association
- 2021 Excellence in Online Teaching Award - South Dakota State University
- 2020 Volunteer of the Year (with Fall 2020 Public Relations Writing students) - Visit Brookings
- 2018 Top Faculty Paper (solo author), AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
Grants
- Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Anderson, J. (2021). Changing needs in tobacco cessation: Exploring coaching preferences among people of low socioeconomic status. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Anderson, J., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2021). College students and vaping. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Hendricks, M. A., Lucchesi, R. and Weaver, S. M. (2020). Young adults self-report on use of e-cigarettes/vaping devices. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Koehler, K. (2020). Technical and university student study on changing attitudes and behaviors related to e-cigarettes. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
- Domonoske, D., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2019). Investigation of educators’ needs on e-cigarette curriculum. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
Publications
- Hendricks, M. A. (2025). School ties: Socialization of high school journalists in the educational setting. Communication: Journalism Education Today, 59(1), pp. 28-25.
- Hill, M., Hendricks, M. A., Cavanah, S. and Bobkowski, P. (2025). High school journalism field trips: Post-pandemic barriers and opportunities. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. DOI: 10.1177/10776958241296507.
- Finneman, T, Hendricks, M. A. and Bobkowski, P. S. (2022). "The paper is white": Examining diversity issues with the next generation of journalists. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. DOI:10.1177/10776958211062683.
- Thomas, R. J. and Hendricks, M. A. (2019). Making class matter: Journalism and social class. In E. L. Perry and M. Len-Rios (Eds.), Cross-cultural journalism: Communicating strategically about diversity (2nd ed., pp. 77-99). Routledge.
- Hendricks, M. A. and Thomas, R. J. (2018). What’s in a name? Journalistic boundary work and a high school newspaper’s effort to ban “redskin.” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 73(4), 454–468. DOI:10.1177/1077695817736688.
- Russell, F. M., Hendricks, M. A., Choi, H. and Stephens, E. C. (2015). Who sets the news agenda on Twitter? Journalists’ posts during the 2013 U.S. government shutdown. Digital Journalism, 3(6), 925-943. DOI:10.1080/21670811.2014.995918.
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